What do you use to research keywords for your articles?

I use to use the Google Adwords keyword tool but as of lately I do not think I like using it anymore because I think it does not give good information anymore. It's just my opinion though. What do you use to research keywords? HELP :-)

First I use the Google Keyword tool, set to "broad" match and global searches. I download 40 or 50 likely keywords, then use Traffic Travis to analyze and refine the list. Then Keyword Elite 2.0 to broaden the list again, then select the final 50 or so keywords to look at competition strength.

...guess what? It seems that unless I'm missing something, you now need to have an AdWords account to get the keyword tool to show the estimated average CPC for a keyword/phrase. If you don't have an AdWords account, you can *sort* by CPC, but you can't actually view the CPC column any...

I have a hub were my primary keyword ranks at the top of page 1 on google (positions 1 to 3 depending).This keyword gets over 12,000 monthly searches on google yet my hub gets zero search engine traffic.I have searched from different computers and locations, when logged into google a/c's and when...

I have a topic that I researched in Google keyword tool.There were thre columns- Competition,Global Search and Local Search. WhatI realize from reading other hubbers is that traffic and clicks depend on 'evergreen' topics,knowledge, interest,luck,precise keywords for search engines,satisfying needs...

I have heard conflicting reports regarding Google Adwords Keyword Tool. I remember some people saying it isn't updated anymore. So I'm asking here, is it up to date? Is it still useful? I suppose it could still be useful even if it isn't completely up to date.

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